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KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
Fri Sep 18, 2015, 06:00 PM Sep 2015

Bobby Jindal Praises Cops For Arresting 14 Year Old Muslim Student With Clock At GOP Debate

http://www.politicususa.com/2015/09/16/bobby-jindal-praises-cops-arresting-14-year-muslim-student-clock-gop-debate.html

During the first Republican debate, CNN’s Jake Tapper asked Bobby Jindal about striking a balance between security vigilance and anti-Muslim discrimination, and Gov. Jindal answered:

Sure, I don’t think a 14-year-old should ever be arrested for bringing a clock to school, so are you asking me am I glad he was released? I am glad the police were careful. I am glad the police were worried about safety and security issues. Look in America, we don’t tolerate. Right now, the biggest discrimination that’s going on is against Christian business owners and individuals who believe in traditional forms of marriage. They’re throwing this woman in jail in Kentucky. Let’s talk about that.

A 14-year-old Muslim student who was arrested for bringing a clock to school is no big deal. The real problem is Christian public officials who break the law being thrown in jail....

It is absurd to compare a public official who knowingly broke the law to a teenager who was discriminated against because he is a Muslim. Bobby Jindal’s answer was troubling because it showed how deeply ingrained discrimination is within the Republican Party.
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Bobby Jindal Praises Cops For Arresting 14 Year Old Muslim Student With Clock At GOP Debate (Original Post) KamaAina Sep 2015 OP
There is a less than zero chance if a white kid had done this he would randys1 Sep 2015 #1
Booby's fifteen seconds were up hifiguy Sep 2015 #2

randys1

(16,286 posts)
1. There is a less than zero chance if a white kid had done this he would
Fri Sep 18, 2015, 06:02 PM
Sep 2015

have been alerted on let alone arrested

ZERO or less than zero.

This is America, due to racism solely by whites, Brown people dont have the same rights as everyone else.

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